Plate or pie lifter



(No Model.)

D. H. SWEENEY.

PLATE OE. PIE LIFTER.

Patented Apr. 14, 1891.

I InVe ntor witnesses UNITED STATES PATENT 'UEEICE.

DAVID H. SWEENEY, OF FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS.

PLATE OR PIE LIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,477, dated April14, .1891.

Application filed November 20, 1890. Serial No. 37 2,098. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID H. SWEENEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fitchburg, in the county of Worcester and State ofMassachusetts, haveinvented a new and useful Plate or Pie Lifter, ofwhich the following, together with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification sufliciently full, clear, and exact to enable personsskilled in the art to which this invention appertains to make and usethe same.

The object of my present invention is to provide a simple, efficient,and inexpensive litter or implement forlifting or handling hot plates,removing pies from the oven, and for similar culinary purposes, whichlifter shall be convenient for use and sure in its hold upon the articlelifted.

To this end my invention consists in a plate or pie lifter constructedas illustrated and hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a top viewwith the handles partially extended, and Fig. 3 is a section showing oneof the upright connections.

My improved lifter is best formed of springwire, and consists of a lowercircular ring A and an upper circular ring A, of substantially the samediameter, open at one side and provided with radially-projecting handles0 and O, that extend out laterally from the respect ive rings to aconvenient distance in the manner shown. The two circular rings A A aredisposed about two inches apart, more or less, and are connected to eachother at suitable intervals by outwardly-curved uprights or bars D, theends of which are rigidly attached to the wire of the rings. Thehandle-wires are joined across from the upper to the lower part bystraight bars. d; also, by a plate E, that serves for securing the endsand as a thumbpiece.

The two rings A A and handles 0 C are in the present instance made froma single piece of wire bent round at the outer end of the handles, as atb, to connect the upper and lower parts, and bent laterally, as at f, atthe junction of the rings and handle, the ends of the wire being broughttogether at e and se cured by the plate E.

The bars D, which may be of flat or round wire or metal, are secured byfolding their ends about the ring, as atm, and then soldered or tinnedin the usual manner of finishing wire goods. Then in normal condition,the spring of the wire expands the rings, permitting the handles tospread apart, as in Fig. 2. "When the handles are spread apart, thelower ring can be readily passed over and beneath a plate, pile ofplates, or a pie in a hot oven. Then by bringing the handles togetherthe plate or pie is embraced between the outwardly-curved bars D, withthe ring A below and the ring A above the rim of the pie or plate,thereby securely retaining it so long as the two handles are kepttogether.

Thus it will be seen that my invention provides a very safe, convenient,and efficient implement for the purpose of handling hot plates, pies, orsimilar articles.

I am aware that pie-lifters having two-oppositely-curved jaws connectedby a springhandle have heretofore been. made, and also that such styleof lifter has been formed of a single piece of wire. It will thereforebe understood that I do not herein broadly claim a pie-lifter formed ofwire irrespective of its construction.

Iclaim as my invention herein to be secured DAVID H. SIVEENEY.

Witnesses.

OHAs. H. BURLEIGH, ELLA P. BLENUS.

